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Meaning of triakis icosahedron | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A Catalan solid with 60 isosceles triangle faces, 90 edges and 32 vertices, being the dual of the truncated dodecahedron.

Examples

“For example, with no hint of justification, it is stated (page 118) that "the icosahedron contains as much interior volume relative to surface area as is possible with only one type of face"; in fact, the triakis icosahedron does noticeably better in that respect.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

triakis octahedron triakis tetrahedron triakisoctahedron triakontadipole triakonter trial